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making java program into exe file???

Hi:

I have written up a java program and would like to turn it into a executable
file so other people can use it without jdk install on their computer. Is
there a way of doing it? I know it can be done in VB, so just wondering.

Re: making java program into exe file???

There are ways of doing this, I hear. But your comparison with VB is
inaccurate: compiling a VB program creates an EXE file, but to use it
somewhere else you have to install the VB runtime, which is about 1.5
megabytes -- comparable to the size of Java's runtime environment (JRE).

PC2

Herman <c24chan@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:3a6c46da$1@news.devx.com...
>
> Hi:
>
> I have written up a java program and would like to turn it into a
executable
> file so other people can use it without jdk install on their computer. Is
> there a way of doing it? I know it can be done in VB, so just wondering.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> herman

Re: making java program into exe file???

Hi:

Thanks for the reponse, but what are the ways to do that, do you know if
I can find it anywhere on the web?

Thank you

Herman

"Paul Clapham" <pclapham@core-mark.com> wrote:
>There are ways of doing this, I hear. But your comparison with VB is
>inaccurate: compiling a VB program creates an EXE file, but to use it
>somewhere else you have to install the VB runtime, which is about 1.5
>megabytes -- comparable to the size of Java's runtime environment (JRE).
>
>PC2
>
>Herman <c24chan@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:3a6c46da$1@news.devx.com...
>>
>> Hi:
>>
>> I have written up a java program and would like to turn it into a
>executable
>> file so other people can use it without jdk install on their computer.
Is
>> there a way of doing it? I know it can be done in VB, so just wondering.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> herman
>
>

Re: making java program into exe file???

The obvious way is to use a java compiler that can generate executables for
the OS you require.

Visual Cafe from Webgain does this for windows I think.

"Herman" <c24chan@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>Hi:
>
>Thanks for the reponse, but what are the ways to do that, do you know if
>I can find it anywhere on the web?
>
>Thank you
>
>Herman
>
>
>
>"Paul Clapham" <pclapham@core-mark.com> wrote:
>>There are ways of doing this, I hear. But your comparison with VB is
>>inaccurate: compiling a VB program creates an EXE file, but to use it
>>somewhere else you have to install the VB runtime, which is about 1.5
>>megabytes -- comparable to the size of Java's runtime environment (JRE).
>>
>>PC2
>>
>>Herman <c24chan@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:3a6c46da$1@news.devx.com...
>>>
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> I have written up a java program and would like to turn it into a
>>executable
>>> file so other people can use it without jdk install on their computer.
> Is
>>> there a way of doing it? I know it can be done in VB, so just wondering.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>>
>>> herman
>>
>>
>

Re: making java program into exe file???

"John Reilly" <jfreilly@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>The obvious way is to use a java compiler that can generate executables
for
>the OS you require.
>
>Visual Cafe from Webgain does this for windows I think.
The Free Software Foundation is developing a Java compiler (I think it's
called guava). I think it's still in it's infancy, so your probably still
better of with something like the above.

Mike
>
>
>"Herman" <c24chan@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>Hi:
>>
>>Thanks for the reponse, but what are the ways to do that, do you know if
>>I can find it anywhere on the web?
>>
>>Thank you
>>
>>Herman
>>
>>
>>
>>"Paul Clapham" <pclapham@core-mark.com> wrote:
>>>There are ways of doing this, I hear. But your comparison with VB is
>>>inaccurate: compiling a VB program creates an EXE file, but to use it
>>>somewhere else you have to install the VB runtime, which is about 1.5
>>>megabytes -- comparable to the size of Java's runtime environment (JRE).
>>>
>>>PC2
>>>
>>>Herman <c24chan@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:3a6c46da$1@news.devx.com...
>>>>
>>>> Hi:
>>>>
>>>> I have written up a java program and would like to turn it into a
>>>executable
>>>> file so other people can use it without jdk install on their computer.
>> Is
>>>> there a way of doing it? I know it can be done in VB, so just wondering.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>> herman
>>>
>>>
>>
>

Re: making java program into exe file???

Check out the Microsoft SDK for Java, specifically the jexegen utility.

Ivor

"Herman" <c24chan@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>Hi:
>
>I have written up a java program and would like to turn it into a executable
>file so other people can use it without jdk install on their computer.
Is
>there a way of doing it? I know it can be done in VB, so just wondering.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>herman

Re: making java program into exe file???

Asymetrix developed technology to do that for their SuperCede product. They
were acquired, and the compiler portion became a different company. I don't
remember the name, but I do remember it was VERY expensive. I haven't heard
anything about them since SuperCede went down the tube. You'll have to search
the web for anymore specifics than this.

-x

"Herman" <c24chan@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>Hi:
>
>I have written up a java program and would like to turn it into a executable
>file so other people can use it without jdk install on their computer.
Is
>there a way of doing it? I know it can be done in VB, so just wondering.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>herman

Re: making java program into exe file???

If it is a server application, Tower Technologies (www.towerj.com) has tools
and a JVM to support this

"anon" <anon@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>Asymetrix developed technology to do that for their SuperCede product.
They
>were acquired, and the compiler portion became a different company. I don't
>remember the name, but I do remember it was VERY expensive. I haven't heard
>anything about them since SuperCede went down the tube. You'll have to
search
>the web for anymore specifics than this.
>
>-x
>
>
>"Herman" <c24chan@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>Hi:
>>
>>I have written up a java program and would like to turn it into a executable
>>file so other people can use it without jdk install on their computer.
>Is
>>there a way of doing it? I know it can be done in VB, so just wondering.
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>
>>herman
>